Weather and migraine: Can so many patients be wrong?

Becker, WJ

doi:10.1177/0333102410385583

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“…The problems of identifying weather as a trigger in headache patients have been reviewed recently [ 19 , 20 ]. Studies of the association between headache and weather factors are challenged by the coexistence of multiple headache triggers, varied time lags between triggers and headache onset, and heterogeneous headache populations [ 19 , 20 ]. Weather factors may interact with each other and operate synergistically to trigger headache [ 5 ].…”

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Patients with migraine are right about their perception of temperature as a trigger: time series analysis of headache diary data

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BackgroundResearches to date on the association between headache and weather have yielded inconsistent results. Only a limited number of studies have examined the clinical significance of self-reported weather sensitivity. This study aimed to identify the difference in the association of headache with temperature between migraine patients with and without temperature sensitivity.Methods66 migraine patients (75.8 % female; mean age 43.3 ± 12.9 years) provided their 1-year headache diaries from 2007 to a headache clinic in Taipei, Taiwan. 34 patients (51.5 %) reported sensitivity to temperature change but 32 (48.5 %) did not. Time series of daily headache incidence was modeled and stratified by temperature sensitivity. Empirical mode decomposition was used to identify temporal weather patterns that were correlated to headache incidence, and regression analysis was used to examine the amount of variance in headache incidence that could be explained by temperature in different seasons.ResultsAmong all migraine patients, temperature change accounted for 16.5 % of variance in headache incidence in winter and 9.6 % in summer. In winter, the explained variance increased to 29.2 % among patients with temperature sensitivity, but was not significant among those without temperature sensitivity. Overall, temperature change explained 27.0 % of the variance of the mild headache incidence but only 4.8 % of the incidence of moderate to severe headache during winter.ConclusionsThis diary-based study provides evidence to link the perception of temperature sensitivity and headache incidence in migraine patients. Those who reported temperature sensitivity are more likely to have headache increase during the winter, particular for mild headaches.

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Patients with migraine are right about their perception of temperature as a trigger: time series analysis of headache diary data

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“…Headache may have a weatherrelated trigger as indicated by significantly higher sales of over-the-counter headache medications when barometric pressure dropped the previous day [36]. Studies of the influence of weather on migraine have shown mixed results [1,37,38]. Though not neurologically related, drops in barometric pressure cause an increased risk of spontaneous cephalic delivery [2].…”

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Effects of Weather and Season on Human Brain Volume

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AbstractWe present an exploratory cross-sectional analysis of the effect of season and weather on Freesurfer-derived brain volumes from a sample of 3,279 healthy individuals collected on two MRI scanners in Hartford, CT, USA over a 15 year period. Weather and seasonal effects were analyzed using a single linear regression model with age, sex, motion, scan sequence, time-of-day, month of the year, and the deviation from average barometric pressure, air temperature, and humidity, as covariates. FDR correction for multiple comparisons was applied to groups of non-overlapping ROIs. Significant negative relationships were found between the left- and right-cerebellum cortex and pressure (t = −2.25, p = 0.049; t = −2.771, p = 0.017). Significant positive relationships were found between left- and right-cerebellum cortex and white matter between the comparisons of January/June and January/September. Significant negative relationships were found between several subcortical ROIs for the summer months compared to January. An opposing effect was observed between the supra- and infra-tentorium, with opposite effect directions in winter and summer. Cohen’s d effect sizes from monthly comparisons were similar to those reported in recent psychiatric big-data publications, raising the possibility that seasonal changes and weather may be confounds in large cohort studies. Additionally, changes in brain volume due to natural environmental variation have not been reported before and may have implications for weather-related and seasonal ailments.

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“…П р о в о ц и р у ю щ и е м и г р е н ь ф а к т о р ы Большое значение имеют факторы, провоцирующие приступы мигрени: изменение погодных условий, алкоголь, различные продукты питания и т. д. Более чем у 50% пациен-тов приступ развивался под влиянием погодных условий, у 11% изменение погоды послужило триггером 2/3 атак мигре-ни [25]. Пациенты с ГБН также часто отмечают изменение погоды как причину возникновения головной боли.…”

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Current aspect of the diagnosis and management of migraine

Koreshkina¹

2013

Neurology, Neuropsychiatry, Psychosomatics

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Головная боль является наиболее частой жалобой: ка-ждый хотя бы однажды ее испытывал, около 10% взрослых периодически ее страдают, 3% имеют хроническую голов-ную боль [1]. Одной их важнейших форм головной боли яв-ляется мигрень. По заключению ВОЗ, в 2000 г. мигрень бы-ла на 19-м месте как причина нетрудоспособности в мире у мужчин и женщин и на 12-м месте у женщин [2-4].По новым данным ВОЗ (2010 г.), головная боль напря-жения (ГБН) и мигрень признаны 2-м и 3-м заболеваниями по распространенности в мире среди мужчин и женщин; мигрень заняла 7-е место (из 289 заболеваний) среди специ-фических причин нетрудоспособности и вошла в 10 первых расстройств, вызывающих нетрудоспособность в 14 из 21 регионах мира, преимущественно в развитых странах [5]. 92О Б З О Р Ы

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Weather and migraine: Can so many patients be wrong?

Cited by 15 publications

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Patients with migraine are right about their perception of temperature as a trigger: time series analysis of headache diary data

Patients with migraine are right about their perception of temperature as a trigger: time series analysis of headache diary data

Effects of Weather and Season on Human Brain Volume

Current aspect of the diagnosis and management of migraine

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